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Patent GB-710058-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to vehicle axle suspensions
IPC: B60G11/14
Filed: 1952-09-19
Abstract: 710,058. Spring suspensions; preventing lateral canting. DAIMLER-BENZ AKT.- GES. Sept. 19, 1952 [Sept. 19, 1951], No. 23575/52. Class 108(2) in a vehicle axle suspension wherein the axle is guided by parallel link arrangements extending longitudinally of the vehicle, the axle being sprung by pairs of springs, one of each pair being disposed forwardly and the other rearwardly of the axle, the axle is fitted on its end portions with spring supports of inverted U-form, the inverted bases being connected to the axle and the lower end parts of the supports being extended horizontally to provide seatings for the springs. In the arrangement shown, an axle 14 is guided by a lower triangular link 21 oscillatable about a pivot shaft 24 and by a pair of, upper links 22, 23 oscillatable about pivot pins 25 on chassis members 10, 11. The lower link 21 is connected to a downwardly extending lug on the axle by a ball joint 28 and the upper links are pivotally connected to lugs 26, 27 on the axle by means of ball joints or joints provided with rubber buffers. Stirrup members 33 and 34 attached to the axle, provide seatings for pairs of helical springs 29, 30 and 31, 32 which are abutted against lugs 35, 36, 37 and 38 respectively on the members 10, 11. A torsion rod stabilizer 39 mounted in lugs on the members 33, 34 is connected through arms 40, 42 and rods 41, 43 to the chassis members 10, 11, the connections between the rods 41, 43 and the arms 40. 42 preferably including rubber buffers. Similar buffers may be used in the connections between the rods 41 and 43 and lugs 44 and the respective members 10 and 11. Shock absorbers may be used in conjunction with the springs. The vehicle wheels 15, 16 are driven by axle shafts 19, 20 geared to a shaft 17 through axle shaft gearing 18 mounted on the axle 14.
Patent GB-1452706-A (GB)
Title: Cavity wall structure
IPC: E04B2/86
Filed: 1974-05-29
Abstract: 1452706 Walls F GROSS 29 May 1974 [5 June 1973] 23757/74 Heading E1B A wall structure comprises hollow panel units 2 interconnected to form a double skin wall by ties 3 wherein the ties have webs 3" interconnecting thickened end portions which each have two spaced projections remote from but parallel to the web, the panel units each having edge grooves complementary in shape to half an edge portion. Each tie has an aperture in its web and ties in superposed courses are interconnected by spring clips panels in superposed courses are interconnected by tongues and grooves or rebates. Wall junction, corner and end units are provided. The spaces B and C can be filled with concrete whilst the spaces A accommodate services.
Patent GB-1275424-A (GB)
Title: Pressdown system for rolling mill
IPC: B21B31/32
Filed: 1969-05-09
Abstract: 1275424 Rolling mills TEXTRON Inc 9 May 1969 [29 May 1968] 23818/69 Heading B3M [Also in Division G3] A rolling mill screwdown includes a double acting piston 13 acting on an adjustable roll 11 the piston being supplied with fluid to provide a constant position of the piston, and hence the roll. Any movement of the piston from a desired position leads to a core 18 moving relative to a coil 19, and an error signal being produced. The signal causes a servo valve 28 to reset the piston to its desired position. The roll gap of the mill is adjustable by moving the coil 19 by a stepping motor 20. The motor signal originates from a unit 21 responsive to an automatic gauge control system. To operate the screwdown to maintain a constant pressure acting on the piston, the switch 33 is opened, switches 31 and 32 closed, and the valve 30 assumes the position shown. A control signal for the servo valve 28 is compounded from a signal from a pressure transducer 34 and a signal from a reference potentiometer 35 which is adjustable by the motor 20.
Patent GB-361316-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to lifting jacks for vehicles
IPC: B60S9/04
Filed: 1930-08-08
Abstract: 361,316. Jacking attachments on vehicles. GRASSMANN, E., 38I, Huhnsgasse, Cologne, Germany. Aug. 8, 1930, No. 23866. Convention date, Aug. 27, 1929. [Class 79 (iii).] Relates to lifting jacks for attachment to the underside of vehicle axles, of the kind embodying a pair of opposed toggles expanded or closed by screw-and-nut gearing, the general arrangement resembling a parallelogram, and comprises a construction wherein the levers are of U-shaped cross section and enclose the screwed spindle of the screw-and-nut gearing when the jack is collapsed. The links d, f, of the opposed toggle-pairs are connected by joint pins e and are pivoted at their outer ends to an attachment bracket b and ground plate h respectively, the ends being formed, in known manner, with interengaging teeth i. The screwed spindle l; operable through a rod n, engages nuts k pivotally mounted between the sides of the upper channelled links d, either between the pivots c, e, or on prolongations of the links as shown in Fig. 4, slots being formed in the bases of the channels to provide clearance for passage of the spindle. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 323,247, [Class 79 (iii), Motor vehicles, Arrangement &c. of parts of].
Patent GB-512287-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in means for supplying cooling air to the engines of rear engined motor vehicles
IPC: B60K11/06
Filed: 1938-08-12
Abstract: 512,287. Cooling motors. ZAVODY RING- HOFFER-TATRA AKCIOVA SPOLECNOST. Aug. 12, 1938, No. 23881. Convention date, Aug. 21, 1937. [Class 79 (iii)] For the supply of cooling air to a rear engine compartment 11 in a streamlined or other motor vehicle, inlet openings 2 are provided at the front end with conduits 3 leading to flap-controlled openings 4 in the front wall of the vehicle body, the air passing through the interior alongside the front seats 5, which may be protected by walls 6, and through openings 8 at the sides of the rear seats or in the rear wall of the passenger compartment. The openings 8 may be provided with regulating flaps 9.
Patent GB-922924-A (GB)
Title: Process and machine for the continuous manufacture of reinforced sheet material
IPC: B29C70/50
Filed: 1959-07-13
Abstract: <PICT:0922924/IV(a)/1> An apparatus for producing reinforced material comprises an endless conveyer belt 1, means for imparting a constant and adjustable speed to the belt, means 6 for placing at least one fibrous web 7 on the belt, separate means 8, e.g. a hopper, for applying a layer of thermosetting resinous impregnating material in nonsolid state, e.g. as a liquid or a thixotropic gel, on the web, and at least one heating device <PICT:0922924/IV(a)/2> 4b for setting the resinous material while the web 7 is on the belt 1.  A synthetic resin is applied by a roller 3, or by spraying or casting, to the belt 1 which may be metallic, e.g. aluminium, or insultating, e.g. woven or braided glass fibres, and a separating agent, e.g. Carnauba wax or a silicone resin, may be mixed with the applied resin or form a coating on the belt 1. The resin is heated and hardened in an oven 4a and the web 7 is led on at 6d, 6e, a liquid synthetic resin being delivered continuously at 8.  The resin may be spread by a doctor blade or projected by spray guns, and is hardened in an oven 4b, the reinforced material being removed from the belt 1 at A2. Rollers 2a, 2b about which the belt 1 is trained are vertically and horizontally adjustable, and the belt 1 may be suitably embossed on its surface. A powder, e.g. nylon dust, glass fibres, silica powder, talc or aluminium powder may be sprinkled on the coated web before it enters the oven 4b to provide a rough surface on the finished product.  In a modification, Fig. 2 (not shown), two fibrous webs are applied in succession to the belt 2 each being provided with an impregnating coating, and only the second oven 4b is retained; an intermediate heater between the points of application of the webs may be provided, however. Wiping devices 22, Fig. 4, which may be spring-urged, rotatable about vertical axes 23, force the resin into the web before the second heating.  It is stated that strengthening plies, e.g. of the same material as the webs, or of chipboard, may be stuck to the reinforced material.  The webs may be fabrics of cotton, cellulose acetate, nylon, glass or metal, or bats of polyester, polyamide, viscose, glass or mineral wool, with or without a binder, or of paper.  Three classes of synthetic resins are described:-(i) alkyd resins, with or without accelerators, e.g. melamine, urea or styrene; (ii) cross-linking polyesters which may contain various additives, e.g. catalysts, accelerators, solvents, diluents, and gelatinizing agents, e.g. silica, to form a gel; (iii) polyepoxide resins.
Patent GB-1061259-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in instruments for holding open cavity openings in the human body
Inventor: UDDENBERG GORAN
IPC: A61B17/02
Filed: 1964-06-09
Abstract: 1,061,259. Dilating instruments. VACUUMEXTRACTOR A.B. June 9, 1964, No. 23934/ 64. Heading A5R. An instrument, in the form of tongs, for holding open cavities and wounds in human bodies, comprises shanks 1 and 2 having jaw blades 1a, 2a and shafts (1b') (1b"), (Fig. 1, not shown), and 2b, the shaft 2b being positioned in a groove (5) (Fig. 1) in bearing plate 4 and being tiltable and axially displaceable with respect to shafts (1b') (1b") and being held in different positions by teeth (6), (11) or (12) (Fig. 1) on shank 1, engaging rack 8 on shaft 2b. Shank 1 may comprise a wire 3 strengthening blade la and loop 1c on which teeth (11), (12) are mounted. Shank 2 may comprise a loop 7 and crosspiece 2c for allowing the shank 2 to be manually adjusted with respect to shank 1. The instrument may be made of stainless steel.
Patent GB-1468421-A (GB)
Title: Heat exchangers
IPC: F28F13/00
Filed: 1974-05-30
Abstract: 1468421 Tubular heat exchangers TSENTRAL NI I PROEKT KONSTRUKT KOTLOTURBIN INST IMENI II POLZUNOVA 30 May 1974 23952/74 Heading F4S In a shell and tube heat exchanger for heating viscous fluids such as fuel oil using steam as the heating medium and comprising an array of outer tubes 4 located within the shell with each outer tube containing a heating element in the form of a field tube 5 and 7 and the fluid to be heated passing through the annular passage between the tubes 4 and 5, the array of outer tubes 4 is divided into a plurality of groups I-VI such that the fluid to be heated flows in series through the respective groups, the number of outer tubes in each group being different and the total cross-sectional area of the annular passages in each successive group decreasing in proportion to the decrease in viscosity of the fluid being heated as it passes through the successive groups. As shown the outer tubes are divided into groups by partitions 21, 22, 23 and 28, 29 which respectively subdivide the header chambers 20 and 26 into which the opposite ends of the annular passages open. The tubes 5 and 7 comprising each field tube are closed at one end by plugs and the tube 5 is formed with external longitudinally extending fins (6, Fig. 4, not shown). Heating medium in the form of steam enters a distribution header 11 through an inlet 13 and is passed along the tubes 7 towards the closed end thereof. The steam, together with condensate formed, then enters the tube 5 via a series of openings 31 inclined at an angle # to the axis of the tube 7 in the range 60-80 degrees and flows back through the space between the tubes 5 and 7 towards a collection chamber 14. Condensate is removed from this chamber through a drain pipe 15 and the steam is passed via a pipe 16 into the inter tube space 17 of the shell 1 where it condenses; condensate is removed from the shell through a drain pipe 18. Preferably the heat exchanger is inclined at an angle of 2-5 degrees to the horizontal.
Patent GB-296006-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of amino-alkylarylcarbinols or n-alkylamino-alkylarylcarbinols
Filed: 1928-08-22
Abstract: 296,006. Soc. of Chemical Industry in Basle. Aug. 22, 1927, [Convention date]. Aryl-aminoalkyl-carbinols.-The hydrogenation of aryl-aminoalkyl-ketones to the corresponding carbinols is effected in alkaline solution. Nickel or metals of the platinum group may be employed as catalysts; oxygen should be excluded from the apparatus. According to the example #-methylaminoaoetopyrocatechol is suspended in water. caustic soda, and nickel added, and the whole agitated with hydrogen under slight pressure for some hours; after acidification and filtration, followed by the addition of ammonia to the filtrate, methylaminomethyl-3 : 4-dioxyphenylcarbinol is precipitated.
Patent GB-599575-A (GB)
Title: Improved means for hingeing doors to cabinets and the like
IPC: E06B3/50
Filed: 1945-09-19
Abstract: 599,575. Cabinet doors. BILSTON SHEET METAL WORKERS, Ltd., and REEVES, G. Sept. 19, 1945, No. 24167. [Class 52(i)] [Also in Group XXV] A cabinet A has a door C hinged to a socket G which slidably embraces a horizontal rod or tube D secured to the outside of the cabinet, whereby the door when opened to 90 degrees can be slid back along the side of the cabinet. The socket is pivoted about a vertical pivot axis within a U-shaped extension e<1> of a plate e secured to the hinged edge of the door, and the said edge is arranged to extend, when the door is closed, beyond the corner of the cabinet.
Patent GB-716434-A (GB)
Title: A cooling device for bearings
IPC: F04D29/58
Filed: 1951-10-17
Abstract: 716,434. Shafts. AKTIEBOLAGET SVENSKA FLAKTFABRIKEN. Oct. 17, 1951 [Oct. 30 1950], No. 24260/51. Class 80 (2) [Also in Groups XXVI and XXXIV] A centrifugal fan for blowing hot gases has an impeller mounted at 27 on a solid shaft portion, to which solid portion is welded a tube having radial holes 33 and supporting the impeller by bearings positioned at 37, 38. Fan blades 32 mounted on radial rods 31 draw cooling air over the bearings and through the shaft and holes 33, and the. other end of the tube is packed with material such as rubbed asbestos to minimize heat conduction. Specification 607,800 is referred to.
Patent GB-735551-A (GB)
Title: Process of and apparatus for the extraction of vegetable fibres from plant parts
IPC: D01B1/10
Filed: 1953-09-02
Abstract: 735,551. Obtaining fibres from plant parts. HEYER, G., VON. Sept. 2, 1953 [Sept. 3, 1952 ; Feb. 26, 1953 ; June 22, 1953], No. 24315/53. Class 120(1).  Vegetable fibres are extracted from plant parts by means of a beater drum, an air current being forced into the drum interior through the end walls and being deflected radially between beating bars into a casing housing the drum, the bars not projecting substantially beyond the outer edges of the end walls of the drum. In one embodiment, Fig. 2, leaves are fed between crushing rollers 21, 22, which may be grooved, to a beater drum 11 comprising steel beater bars 14, with projecting insert strips 15 of rubber, mounted between end discs provided with fan baffles 13. The air stream drawn by baffles 13 through the ends of drum 11 passes radially outwards between bars 14 ; an air stream may alternatively be generated outside the drum and blown through the drum ends. Shives are discharged through an opening 28 in the casing 12. Fibres are directed radially by the air flow into a gap 23 below an adjustable breast piece 20 and are caught between rollers 24, 25 and discharged on a belt 26 which may co-operate with a second belt passing around roller 25. In a second embodiment. Fig. 3, leaves are fed at Z between two drums 40, 41 the beater bars 44 of which intermesh and which are provided with fan baffles 42, 43 ; the drum casings 46, 47 are so shaped that the air flows mainly in the direction U and thereby acts to direct the fibres and discharge the shives. In a third embodiment, Fig. 4, leaves are fed to rollers 21 while lying obliquely on a feed belt 54 between side guide plates 58 ; belt 54 may consist of two parallel belts which move at different speeds so as to turn the leaves to the appropriate feeding angle. The tip of each leaf is engaged by one end of the drum and the leaf base by the other end. A lower breast piece 52 is disposed over about one third of the drum length at the end of the drum which deals with the leaf base, to aid discharge of fibre between rollers 24, 25. Any of the embodiments may be provided with wheels and a handle for transportation in wheelbarrow fashion. The beater drum or drums may be constructed as shown in Fig. 8 ; conical deflectors 60 are disposed between fan baffles 42 which are connected with bars 44 by rings 65 and are held together by tie-bars 64.
Patent GB-934177-A (GB)
Title: Heat-sensitive copy-sheets
IPC: B41M5/46
Filed: 1959-07-15
Abstract: 934,177. Heat-sensitive coated sheet material; coated paper. MINNESOTA MINING & MANUFACTURING CO. July 15, 1959 [July 21, 1958], No. 24320/58. Drawings to Specification. Classes 96 and 140. [Also in Group XX] A heat-sensitive copying sheet for making reproductions by exposure to intense radiant energy through stencil-like graphic originals comprises a supporting base, a radiation-absorptive layer comprising a dark-coloured pigment, a radiation-transmissive masking layer comprising a white pigment, and a chemicallyreactive visibly heat-sensitive layer. The supporting base may be of paper; the radiationabsorptive layer may be carbon black, iron oxide, zinc dust applied in a film-forming polymeric binder; the radiation-transmissive layer may be titanium dioxide, zinc sulphide or zinc oxide applied as a dispersion in a volatile vehicle, e.g. methyl ethyl ketone, containing ethyl cellulose, and the heat-sensitive layer may be formed (1) from a composition comprising dispersed ferric stearate, tert. -butyl catechol, and ethyl cellulose in acetone, or (2) as a coating from a mixture of basic lead carbonate, thiourea and ethyl cellulose in alcohol. Binders such as polystyrene and chlorinated rubber may be employed in the pigment and heat-sensitive layers. The Specification also refers to the use of a base containing the radiation-absorptive material.
Patent GB-492922-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in projectors for cinematograph picture-sound films
IPC: G03B41/08
Filed: 1937-09-06
Abstract: 492,922. Optical sound-reproducing apparatus. BORMANN, O. Sept. 6, 1937, No. 24334. Convention date, Sept. 8, 1936. [Class 40 (ii)] [Also in Group XX] In a continuousfeed kinematograph projector having an optical compensator and adapted for films with sound tracks, the sound may be scanned on a drum having a fixed part and a part rotated by the film. As shown, the sound drum comprises a fixed part 12, held by a plate 28 on a fixed axle 29, and a part 30 rotatable by the film ; a scanning aperture 31 opens from the slit between the parts.
Patent GB-171212-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in friction clutches
IPC: F16D13/70
Filed: 1920-08-23
Abstract: 171,212. Giffin, H. M. Aug. 23, 1920. Clutches, friction.-In friction clutches, certain parts are made interchangeable with each other and with other parts in order conveniently to adapt the clutch for various types of drive. A driving. shaft 10 has secured to it a tubular member 11 with a flange 12 and carries loosely a tubular member 13 with a similar flange 14. These flanges contact frictionally when pressed together by annular shoes 18, 16 extending respectively from a ring 17 loose on the flange 12 and a ring 15 tightly fitting the flange 14. The rings 15, 17 are drawn together by adjustable bolts 19 embraced by slotted links 24, 25. These links bear on washers 22, 23 and on each other by a. ridge 36 and cam-surface 38, 37, and slide relatively to each other for clutch release when links 28, 30 are straightened by outward movement of an operating-sleeve 32 carrying a trunnion-ring 34. The rings 15, 17 may be interchanged, since the flanges 12, 14 are similar, in which case the member 13 becomes the driving-element. If the clutch is to connect two aligned shafts, the member 13, 14 is exchanged for a similarly-flanged member secured to the second shaft and bearing by rollers on the end of the first.
Patent GB-1392494-A (GB)
Title: Belt or collar with runner track
IPC: A63B21/06
Filed: 1972-05-24
Abstract: 1392494 Exercising apparatus; toys US ASSOCIATES CORP 24 May 1972 24547/72 Headings A6M and A6S [Also in Divisions Al A3 and E2] A belt or collar 50 is provided with a circumferential track 68 and a slide element 70 retained in the track, the element being freely movable along the entire length of the track. The belt has two free ends 55, 56 defining an opening for insertion of a portion of the wearer's body and releasable connecting means 75 for maintaining said free ends in abutting relationship so that the track is substantially uninterrupted around the wearers body. In the exercising device shown the slide element 70 is attached by a string 74 to a ball 52, which, when the belt is worn around the waist, may be caused to move in a circular path by suitable body movements. Alternatively two belts may be connected with a flexible element and worn by respective partners while dancing. In another use the belt serves as a dog collar, a leash being attached to the slide element. The belt 50 is preferably moulded from a low-friction plastics material such as P.T.F.E. of which the slide 70 is also formed. The releasable connector 75 comprises a channel shaped member 76 fixed to one end of the belt and receiving flanges 65 of the other end of the belt (see also Fig. 9, not shown) and a flexible plate 84 fixed to the member 76 and having lugs 88 which pass through aligned holes 92, (94) in the member 76 and flanges of the belt. An elastic band 100 extends within the belt such that it may be used by different sized wearers. In a further embodiment (Figs. 1 to 3, not shown) the belt comprises two sections (11), (12) hinged together at (13).
Patent GB-534270-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to drums and like driving members for belt and similar transmission gearing
IPC: F16H55/00
Filed: 1939-08-26
Abstract: 534,270. Pulleys and driving drums. COOK, SONS & CO. (1930), Ltd., J., and HUNT, W. A. Aug. 26. 1939, No. 24595. [Class 80 (i)] [Also in Group XXXV] Relates to drums and like driving members for belt transmissions of the kind which are driven through reduction gearing by an electric motor housed within the drum. The drum a is carried at one end by an apertured plate b mounted on a bearing b' on a hollow shaft c' forming an extension of the stationary stator c of the motor, the rotor d and shaft d<1> of which are mounted in bearings e, e' in the end flange c<2> of the stator casing and in an intermediate member h<3> of the reduction gearing respectively. The end d<2> of the rotor is coupled by a sleeve f to the input shaft g of the reduction gearing which is of the known type comprising radial plungers h<1> reciprocated by eccentrics g<2> and engaging a toothed ring h<2> fixed to the casing h of the gearing which is connected to the drum by a flexible pin coupling n. The member h<3> which is secured by bolts k to the stator casing, terminates in a shaft h<4>. The casing h runs in bearings m. Air is circulated through an annular gap p by a fan r on the rotor shaft d'. Where the drum is for use in a gaseous medium the bolts k are rendered gas-tight by a sealing cover k<1>.